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Mertesacker , now a three-time FA Cup victor, repaid that faith in spades as he threw his body into the line of fire time and again to keep Chelsea at bay. "I'm delighted for him", Wright said. "It is a natural outcome, but I would be very surprised if Antonio isn't at Chelsea next season". "There is disappointment for the final result, but our season was incredible".

However, he made virtually no impact at White Hart Lane, making only eight starts in the Premier League and failing to score in 25 appearances in total. "My goal is to do the 2018 World Cup", Sissoko told L'Equipe. What I want above all is for everything to be clear. "If the coach no longer counts on me, if he thinks the other players there are better, it is good that he says so".

Strength in depth: "The players have played together for so long now we know each other so well". "But we haven't all been on the park at the same time for Australia ". "Beating Australia 3-0 in the Chappell-Hadlee in 2007, the last World Cup (when New Zealand made the final for the first time ) was pretty special and making the final of the (2009) Champions Trophy was a highlight", he said.

Granollers, who has thrice reached the second week in Paris , is not the easiest of first-rounders, and Djokovic handled everything that was thrown his way without ever really losing the plot. Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka, the 2015 victor and reigning US Open champion, starts against Jozef Kovalik. "Robin Haase is a player I know very well and he knows me very well, [he is a] unsafe opponent", he added.

James spoke Thursday during the morning shootaround before the Cavaliers play the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals. For the third straight year they'll face the Golden State Warriors in the championship series .

The 12-time grand slam champion parted company with his entire coaching team earlier this month, admitting he needed to rediscover his spark after some disappointing results this year including a second-round exit at the Australian Open. The Spaniard, who won her maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros past year, swept aside 2010 champion Schiavone 6-2, 6-4. The Spaniard chased down balls with verve and was unforgiving on anything loose while her Italian opponent lacked rhythm, ...